A cinema on a charter yacht turns rain days and late evenings into something worth planning around. The screening rooms on these motor yachts range from a pair of recliners behind a seventy inch screen on a forty metre boat to a purpose built theatre with Dolby Atmos on a superyacht above eighty metres. Some double as the main saloon; others are dedicated rooms with acoustic treatment and tiered seating.
One hundred and twenty one motor yachts in the charter fleet carry a cinema, spread across every length from thirty to one hundred and twenty six metres. The feature is standard on new builds above fifty metres and increasingly common below. Most also carry a gym, beach club and a full suite of water toys, so the cinema sits within a broader entertainment offering.
Weekly rates open at fifty five thousand euros for a thirty metre yacht with a smaller screen and run to three million for a full superyacht with a dedicated media room. The median sits at three hundred and thirty five thousand. The middle half of the fleet falls between one hundred and ninety six thousand and five hundred and ninety thousand euros a week. Add roughly thirty percent for the advance provisioning allowance covering fuel, food, berthing and drinks.
Summer in the western Mediterranean fills most itineraries, from the Cote d’Azur through Sardinia and the Balearics. The fleet crosses to Saint Barths, the Grenadines and the Bahamas in winter, and the largest yachts push further to the Maldives and Southeast Asia.
